NFL combine: Top performers

February 25, 2014

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Top performer: Quarterbacks

Of the draft’s presumed three top quarterbacks, Central Florida’s Blake Bortles was the only one to participate in the combine’s passing drills. (Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater and Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel will throw at their respective pro days.) Bortles made the most of the opportunity, impressing scouts with his velocity, accuracy and footwork. Given new Houston coach Bill O’Brien’s preference for traditional drop-back quarterbacks — like Tom Brady, his former pupil in New England — the 6-foot-5, 232-pound Bortles made a case to be the first player chosen in May’s draft.

Michael Conroy/Associated Press

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Top performer: Quarterbacks

Of the draft’s presumed three top quarterbacks, Central Florida’s Blake Bortles was the only one to participate in the combine’s passing drills. (Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater and Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel will throw at their respective pro days.) Bortles made the most of the opportunity, impressing scouts with his velocity, accuracy and footwork. Given new Houston coach Bill O’Brien’s preference for traditional drop-back quarterbacks — like Tom Brady, his former pupil in New England — the 6-foot-5, 232-pound Bortles made a case to be the first player chosen in May’s draft.